home rule

1. 1.

   self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government

   Broaderself-government

Questions about home rule

What does home rule mean?

home rule means "self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government".

Is home rule a common word?

home rule is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.